Crisis PES - Clinical LCSW, LMSW, or LPC - SUN - THURS 2:45PM - 11:30PM

Claratel Behavioral Health is an innovative, community-based organization in metropolitan Atlanta offering comprehensive mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services to over 11,000 uninsured and underinsured citizens annually. Operating over 20 locations in DeKalb County with a diverse workforce of 500+ staff, our dedicated team provides high-quality, evidence-based care to help clients and their families recover and thrive. Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), we strive to ensure disabilities no longer limit potential. Read more about our recent CARF accreditation here.

At Claratel, we are dedicated to providing care that is client-centered, recovery-focused, and trauma-informed, ensuring a holistic and empathetic approach to each individual's unique journey

JOB SUMMARY

Under general supervision, assess, screens, and counsels clients in an intensive outpatient mental health and/or substance abuse program to enhance, meet, or restore a client’s functioning capacity. Works with a multi-disciplinary team that provides individual and group psychotherapy and psychoeducation to adult mental health and substance abuse clients. Provides case management and develops client-driven treatment plans. Provides counseling/therapy to clients requiring complex intervention, including those who are homicidal, suicidal, or exhibit life-threatening behaviors, determines necessity for involuntary commitment and may partake in executing orders of involuntary commitment. Complete assessments, manage a case load, complete treatment plans and obtain authorization for services.

DUTIES & RSPONSIBILITIES

ASSESSMENTS

• Performs thorough bio psychosocial assessment of the less complex to more complex clients and documents the assessment within agency guidelines 
• Utilizes information from multiple sources as appropriate in the formulation of client driven treatment planning
• Assess and documents responses to interventions and modifies intervention as needed
• May utilize specific assessment tools regularly in evaluation of the client
• Demonstrates strong clinical judgement in assessments, application of diagnostic criteria, clinical formulations, and sound triage decisions
• Seeks clinical supervision as necessary
• Creates therapeutic relationship

ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING  

• Creates therapeutic relationship as appropriate with consumers and families/significant others
• Conducts individual, family, group counseling/therapy, and educational sessions using evidence based intervention
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge in mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorder treatment
• Demonstrates documented clinical proficiency (through education, training, or experience) in client engagement, interviewing, and recording
• May utilize advanced certification in specialty in counseling the consumer and others

COUNSELS INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS & SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

• Creates therapeutic relationship as appropriate with consumers and families/significant others
• Conducts individual, family, group counseling/therapy, and educational sessions using evidence based interventions
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge in mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorder treatment
• Demonstrates documented clinical proficiency (through education, training or experience) in client engagement, interviewing and recording

DEVELOPS & PARTICIPATES IN COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT / CARE PLANNING

• Creates, communicates and coordinates treatment plan of the more complex consumer
• Demonstrates expertise in care/planning through objectives, goals, and specificity of plan
• Serves as resources to staff in demonstration of up-to-date knowledge of DCSB, community, regional, and state resources
• Assist treatment team in problem solving regarding needed resources for complex consumers
• Insures timely communication with providers through proper exchange of written and verbal communication per policy and procedure
• Document referrals, discharges, and resources or other issues for problem resolution and/or utilization as required in agency policy
• May serve as a liaison in community resource activities

PROFESSIONAL

• Maintain licensure/certification
• Actively participates in clinical supervision
• Actively engages in behavioral health educational initiatives
• Seeks continuing education to meet current clinical needs

WORK SCHEDULE:

• Sun - Thurs 2:45pm -11:30pm
• Required to work 2-3 holidays per year

SKILL, COMPETENCY AND EDUCATION AND/OR LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS:

• Current licensure as a LCSW, LMSW, or LPC by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists is required
• Demonstrates competency in using evidenced based treatments for mental illness and addiction
• Must be computer efficient and have the ability to multi-task
• Must demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and professionalism

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a residential or outpatient setting with mental health or substance abuse programs
• Experience working with Adults, children, adolescents and veterans
• Experience conducting groups counseling/therapy services